moving forward to help businesses and bring some cash to americans. the u.s. more than 13,000 confirmed cases. more than 200 deaths. those are new updated numbers. live team coverage ahead. mike and kari are here from their homes this morning. you have all the tools you need with weather, traffic and the works. thanks for being here, guys. >> thank you for being in the studio. let's check out that forecast for concord as we start out with some chilly temperatures we have seen it in the low 40s and then reaching into the low 60s for the afternoon. and we may see showers tracking through. expect it to be raining off and on.

starting to taper off. most of the day is dry. mike, a lot of people. >> light volume around the bay getting people where they need. not really any concerns. i've seen roadside fires. no lanes blocked and no injuries. these typically happen when it's colder. there is still traffic out there. the san mateo bridge, we have a good stream westbound and eastbound over into hayward. right back to you. >> thanks so much, mike. 6:01. our team is covering the impact from the pandemic and what is now the statewide shutdown. first to "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda live in concord this morning with details on governor newsom's new order.

and really this alarming warning that prompted it, sharon. >> reporter: take a look, here at highway 4, there's still a pretty steady -- pretty light traffic but it is steady out here. heading to essential work. we have been sheltering in place. now this new order affects 40 million people statewide. during his evening news conference governor newsom shared a sobering statistic if no action is taken coronavirus infections he says will likely skyrocket across the state. >> the virus will impact about 56% of us. that's a particularly large number. >> reporter: governor newsom estimates 56% would be about

25.5 million people over an eight-week period. if people stay at home it will be more manageable. people can go out for groceries, gas or the bank. those businesses will remain open and law enforcement, health care and telecommunications will continue work to help combat the coronavirus pandemic. you can still go out but maintain six feet distance. you can see the traffic here and people are still thinking about their spring break plans to get away from the bay area shelter in place. now that there is a lockdown you may want to rethink the plans. i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> you're right, sharon. thanks so much. that pressure is growing for

everyone just to really heed this warning. kris sanchez is at home social distancing. a lot of people really aren't. >> reporter: it's hard for some folks to feel like they do still have to go to work. in terms of unemployment benefits and seeing some of our business finally shuttered down and tesla saying they are going to seize operations and restart. some people feel they don't have a choice. other people feel they are going stir crazy and need to get outside. ourd out. we saw people sharing exercise

equipment. mayor breed is warning against play dates and dinner parties no matter how small because the idea is to reduce your exposure. >> i'm just staying in and walking once a day to get some fresh air. it's frustrating because i don't think people are taking it very seriously. >> reporter: if we do not keep our social distance, more than half of us could be infected in the next two months. the sickest people end up in the hospital. if they end up there at the same time there will not be enough resources for everyone. you might be getting pressure from friends or family to do your social distancing together. here is what i would advise. remind people for every one person who is infected, that person goes on to infect three more people. so in my family of four, if i am sick, i go on to infect the

other three people in my family. so we are social distancing with another family or with neighbors or friends, that number becomes exponenti exponential. so do stand your ground. hopefully this can be over as soon as possible. >> it's hard going to work because then i go straight home. we've got to. thanks so much, kris. 6:06. the state of california has thrown a life line to a struggling peninsula hotel. bob redell outside seton in daly city. the state needs the hospital to stay open during the pandemic. they need the beds. >> reporter: governor newsom announced the state would be spending millions of dollars a month in emergency funds in daly city behind me so they can lease the beds during this coronavirus outbreak.

they are looking at about $5 million for the first month and then $2.7 million to rent the beds at both seton. that's a skilled nursing center facility in moss beach. this is according to "the "san francisco examiner"." those payments will help ensure daly city, whose owners declared bankruptcy, doesn't shut down during this health crisis and will provide the bay area with an additional 357 beds that could be used to treat patients. governor newsom hopes the beds won't be necessary if californians follow his orders to stay home. >> if we change our behaviors, that inventory will come down. if we need this moment, we can truly bend the curve to reduce the need to surge, to reduce the need to have to go out and cobble all those assets

together. >> reporter: the state and county of san mateo have been fighting to keep seton medical center. it's a safety net. they approved $20 million in emergency funds to buy the hospital time during its negotiations for a sale. reporting live here in daly city, bob redell, "today in the bay." >> thanks for the latest, bob. workers at a los altos senior facility are taking new precautions after a 75-year-old man there tested positive. this is at the los altos subacute and rehabilitation center. so far there's no update on the man's condition. and it comes after five people at the senior facility in burlingame tested positive. a sixth person is awaiting result and we're awaiting word on how they're doing. san jose police department is looking at new exposures. the department confirms one reserve officer has already tested positive and is

recovering at home. chief eddie garcia has ordered another 20 or so reserve officers to be self-quarantined through next tuesday because all of them may have been exposed at a recent luncheon. the chief is calling for the county to put first responders on a priority list for testing no questions asked. a reminder you can stay up to date with the latest on the health crisis. you'll get top headlines right into your in box. it's 6:09 right now. we're continuing to give you all the day's news including weather and traffic as well. kari from her home this morning has a look at our forecast. a little cooler out there. it is going to be cooler to start but, laura, we were talking about the social distancing and people getting outside when they can go for a walk or maybe even going to the park to get some fresh air but take a look at some other places across the country that are also having to do the same with the

shelter in place order and look at the difference in temperatures that we're seeing now. look at bismarck, the high temperature today reaching 26 degrees. compare that to the bay area, we'll be in the 60s and then look at miami. we're looking at some mid-80s there. for new york it's going to be close to 80 degrees today but a strong cold front sweeping through over the weekend will bring it down to the low 50s, even some upper 40s there. so we take the weather into consideration with all of this going on. we'll talk about today's temperature trend and some rain that may chase some of us back inside. mike, how is it looking out there for the commute? obviously very light as far as the backups go. we have a lot of cars out there and we have a lot fewer than normal. not the big log jams we see and fewer riders on mass transit as well so let's talk about b.a.r.t., guys. b.a.r.t. ridership continues to take a nose dive in the wake of this corona pandemic.

starting monday trains will stop running at 9:00 p.m. instead of midnight. that's this coming monday. weekend trains will stop at that time beginning next saturday. that means not tomorrow but a week from tomorrow, saturday and sunday service will stop at 9:00 p.m. b.a.r.t. has lost 90% of its riders. folks sheltering in place at home. b.a.r.t. says it will keep an eye on ridership data to determine how they will act from here on out and will continue to adjust. we'll have that information for you. the maps are showing no delays for the drivers. riders report no delays as well. here we go with green sensors. throughout the east bay, vasco road, no delays. exactly as we would expect. >> thanks so much, mike. 6:11. coming up next, the nba season is on hold. more players are testing positive for the coronavirus and the possible link to those

infections. >> reporter: banks continue to close branches. futures this morning calling for a mild open, maybe about 240 points on the open coming up. i'll run you through the numbers straight ahead. sounds good, scott. something positive before we head to break. newspapers across the united kingdom all running the same headlines as we take a look we are there with you. they're all displaying that sign of solidarity. this is "today in the bay."

right now 6:14, we are going to see a few clouds moving by but mostly sunny sky and we're going to have a slight chance of rain as we go into this afternoon but most of the rest of the bay area will not see any rain. we'll talk about the weekend forecast coming up in a few minutes. and we're looking at a beautiful shot as kari showed you san jose. no major problems there as we look at other spots throughout the bay. the san mateo bridge moving smoothly. a clear view in the background. you might hear the garbage truck. i'll explain why that's happening coming up. 6:15 right now. wells fargo is the latest bank to announce they will close

branches to keep its employees and customers safe. scott mcgrew, we talked about chase bank yesterday. >> reporter: i did, yeah. i'll give the same warning this morning to our viewers. your money is safe even if branches close down for safety reasons, you can obviously still use atms and electronic banking. wells fargo will not be the only bank that is going to do this. on the east coast capital one has closed branches with drive-thrus -- without, rather. on the west coast we don't really do drive-thru banking so that's not an option out here. tesla is doing what pretty much every company has done and that is shutting down operations as of monday. elon musk argued it was a crucial industry, building cars was a crucial industry. the city of alameda does not

agree. ford and gm offering to build ventilators. the machines breathe for the patient and the fear is we will have more people who can't breathe on their own than we do machines to do it for them. that's certainly what has happened in italy. today's the last day of the floor trading on the new york stock exchange. electronic trading will continue, of course. it was going to go that direction anyway. i used to work on the floor of the chicago board of trades many, many years ago, and my job was replaced by a computer. you've heard of this netflix show, this "love is blind" on netflix, where singles go into these pods. they can't see each other. they date by voice only. a lot of people are binge watching that as they stay home. it's inspired a couple guys to create a new show online called "love is quarantine." i shouldn't call it a show. more like a dating service where you sign up with your phone

number, you date other people you've never met before over the phone. here's what they're looking for. >> your name, your age, where you're from, your phone number and a little blurb about yourself. we're looking for serious people, funny people, serious and funny people. >> so then they'll just, what, give your phone number to someone they think -- >> reporter: how i met your mother, right? >> over the phone, i suppose. >> reporter: what better do you have to do, right? >> i'm pretty busy these days, my friend. all right. thanks so much. 6:18. here is something good trending this morning. one man on the island country of cyprus getting resourceful while under quarantine. you see here he's using a drone to walk his dogs through the island's empty streets. he reminds people while staying

home is important our furry friends need quality time. you look around and even in my neighborhood when i do go for a walk, you're social distancing. everybody is waving at the neighbor from across the street. kari and mike, they are at home right now. >> i'm surprised that -- i'm surprised that dog is not frightened by the buzzing sound that drones make. kind of frightening, you would think. >> my dog would be going nuts. >> looking for those opportunities to get out there and enjoy some sunshine. don't let the drone walk your dog. can you do it yourself. let's take a live look outside in san francisco. we've seen a few clouds rolling by. let's talk about what's coming our way for the weekend because we will see another storm system comingalthough there may be lin showers today. we are going to see a pointed it

out on the screen so you can see it as it is now coming down from just about 700 miles west of seattle. and then as we go into the next few days we'll see the storm arriving on sunday and bringing waves of rain going into next week and will also cause the temperatures to drop by the middle of next. and then as we look at the seven-day forecast we see highs in the mid-60s today, a mostly sunny sky. there will be a slight chance of some of the rain moving into the south bay, possibly the east bay, going into today and then for tomorrow. we're mostly sunny and 70 degrees and the next storm comes in early on sunday and continues as we go into the rest of the forecast and our temperatures dropping off into the upper 50s for san francisco we have highs in the low 60s and mostly sunny skies today. and once again a cooler forecast so our opportunityo dog for a nice, long walk, will be today and tomorrow before we'll all

need our umbrella once again. so the commute is dry. i'm guessing a lot less traffic there is, kari. i talked about what you might hear in the background, the garbage trucks. those folks are doing their job in their neighborhood. you and i are both working at home as we were advised to do to make sure as many of us can stay in as good health as we can. we'll look out to the roadways and see what notes there are. we look out to the general maps, green everywhere. any early road work has pretty much been cleared up without any issue. we are looking to contra costa county. walnut creek interchange very clear and so is the bay bridge toll plaza. the flow of traffic is very nice. i want to note the changes we talked about for b.a.r.t. will not take place until next monday and the following weekend. do keep that in mind. as a smooth drive across the bay, we've seen a few fires

north bay and south bay and even in san francisco. they've all been ons the golden with the smooth, easy light drive. back to you. >> a very light drive out there. thanks, mike. coming up it's images like these that are hard for many americans to watch, young people on florida beaches, look at them, not social distancing at all. florida cities that are cracking down on this. plus, new guidelines from that state's governor. in california all of our kids are home from school and that includes my triplets. when i'm not out here anchoring i'm at home hoping to home school a little bit with the help of some fabulous teachers and resources. they have a pretty strict schedule. check it out on my facebook feed. follow me on instagram and twitter.

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miami-dade closed and beaches in clearwater where we saw so many young people gathering are supposed to close on monday. >> unfortunately, about the only thing sports fans have to talk about is who is among the latest to test positive for coronavirus. l.a. lakers announced two players are infected. the team conducting tests after learning brooklyn nets player got the virus. the lakers just played the nets the night before the nba suspended its season. here's something good from the world of basketball involving the man at the heart of w nation. steph curry tweeting out his foundation eat, learn, play, is working with feeding america to prevent hunger for those sheltering at home. a few hours later his partners at under armour pledged 2 million for those impacted by the coronavirus. steph and his wife eyayesha

donated more meals. 6:26 right now. kari has a look at the forecast. we have a little bit of a break for the most part from the rain but there will be another storm system coming in by the end of the weekend. i'll show you that and the micro climate forecast coming up in a few minutes. >> california shut down. governor newsom now ordering everyone to stay home to help stop the spread of the coronavirus. next, a live report on newsom's dire warning if drastic action is not taken. plus, how people are reacting. and a possible game changer when it comes to testing in the central valley. the big step uc davis is making to shorten the wait for results. ok, so maybe we're new to home improvement,

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6:30 right now. the opening bell about to happen on the markets this morning. the markets are actually poised to bounce back this morning. futures were higher overnight with the nasdaq at its upper limits. this follows yesterday's gains with the dow up at 1%. stocks down nearly 30% from the record high a month ago. taking a live look at the big board right now already up about 154 points on the dow jones industrial average. thanks for joining us for this edition of "today in the bay." we're all talking about the statewide shutdown now. i'm laura garcia. marcus washington has the day

off. we'll have a check of your forecast and commute coming up in moments. first, governor gavin newsom making headlines across the country after the historic statewide mandate. >> there's a recognition of our interdependence that requires of this moment we direct a statewide order for people to stay at home. >> just stay home. the governor warning 56% of the state could get coronavirus. a breakdown on california numbers right now, 448 cases people ages 18 to 65. 13 cases are children. and more than 200 cases are people 65 and older. the bay area now has 468 confirmed cases. as the cases grow local hospitals are rushing to meet the demands of testing. our live team coverage is ahead. meantime, mike and kari, we're practicing social distancing. i'm in the studio but you're

broadcasting from home. you have all the equipment in order to give people the traffic and weather they need. absolutely. so let's get a look at our forecast. we do have a lot of changes ahead. we do have a slight chance of rain in the south bay, high temperatures reaching into the mid-60s. 70 degrees and sunny tomorrow. that will make a lot of people want to open up the windows after cleaning and also get time outside. but then the rain comes back in the forecast by sunday and cooler temperatures will follow as that rain continues off and on. we'll talk more about that and what's ahead, a closer look at the weekend forecast coming up in a few minimum, laura. mike now tracking the roads, how is it looking for the commute? kari, you and i have a great, easy commute because our company is allowing us to broadcast from home with, as laura said, all the information you need.

out to the roadways and tell you there's not anything you need to watch out for. on the roadways, a call did come in from the tri-valley as we look at the map over here south 680. there may be a roll of carpet in the roadway. chp will run a traffic break over the next few minutes so that will cause some slowing out of walnut creek toward san ramon and dublin. no problems. we'll track it. the easy bay, no backups at the bay bridge. back to you. >> maybe folks are heeding the governor's warning to stay home. our team is covering the pandemic and that statewide shutdown. let's check in with "today in the bay's" sharon katsuda live in concord with governor newsom's new order and this alarming warning that prompted it, sharon. >> reporter: that's right, laura. it's alarming for so many people statewide now. take a look. here is highway 4. we've seen some steady traffic

throughout the morning. pretty light. most people are heeding that warning and they are only going to essential work. shelter in place for the past several days. 40 million people statewide during his evening news conference governor newsom shared a sobering statistic. if no action is taken, he says, coronavirus infections will likely skyrocket across the state. >> the virus will impact about 56% of us. you do the math in the state of california, that's a particularly large number. >> reporter: governor newsom estimated 56% infection rate is about 25.5 million people over an eight-week period. health experts say if people stay at home infections will be prevented. the crisis can be more manageable. the stay at home order means people can still go out for essential services such as

groceries, gas and the bank. employees in essential enforcement, health care and telecommunications will continue to work to help combat the pandemic. you can go out to open spaces for fresh air and exercise with your family but maintain six feet distance from others. and back here live you can see highway 4 here. we see a tow truck pulled over. he's probably surprised we're out here. again, people doing essential work. that's a good example. they're still allowed to do this throughout the state, but if you are planning on looking at your spring break plans you may rethink them if you're planning to head to southern california because the whole state is in lockdown. so the best advice from health experts is to stay put here in the bay area. reporting live, i'm sharon katsuda, "today in the bay." >> it seems there are a lot of people out there right now judging by the sounds of the cars. the kids are staying home.

it's now learn as we go. several school districts around the bay area are handling the crisis in different ways, some are sending home packets or instructions. others have frustrated parents looking for help elsewhere. "today in the bay's" kris sanchez live from her home this morning war she's social distancing. let's talk about the different things you're seeing out there. >> reporter: i mean, at this point it is looking like we will have some learning here at home for the next eight weeks if not perhaps longer as the governor suggested on tuesday. when you're talking about learning at home, distance learning or independent studies, it raises the question of equity and access. not all families have access to the internet. so the state is trying to put together some resources. there is low cost affordable internet available for your family through the california fund and you might qualify if your children participate in the

school lunch program, if you are enrolled in cal fresh or s.n.a.p. programs, receive social security or ssi. if you qualify for medi-cal, if your household income is $40,000 a year or less you may get affordable internet access. call 844-841-info for more information from the department of education. there are a lot of online resources if you can't access them offering up free educational resources like a daily schedule and other learning plans. i will put that in. the evergreen school district really jumped on this scrambling to send kids home with a continuous learning plan even before schools closed on friday. some of the resources are specific for their students in san jose but some are available to parents in other districts. i will post a link in my twitter

feed if you want to see this. things like this, yoga for kids, good for getting exercise, getting the wiggles out as they're all cooped up now. in addition to finding exercise videos online you can take them outside to go and play so long as they maintain the social distance. my kids are going to be hikers by the end of all of this. some suggestions from teachers and home schooling parents for you as you come up with your family plan over the weekend maybe. set a schedule. get the kids involved so they are stakeholders and don't fight you every step. change out your pajamas, make sure you get dressed for the day. a lot of home schooling parents say you really don't have to if you don't want to. it's one of the luxury of learning at home but set up a quiet space. i know you've done this with the triplets. and keep a regular bedtime. it's hard to learn when you are cranky and grumpy because you haven't had enough sleep. i did ask some of our teachers

what do you really hope your kids do as they are away from the classroom during this break. a lot of them said just keep reading. if you do nothing else, read, read, read, and maybe do some math exercises by baking something together. remember, you're not expected to keep them seated for a classroom type instruction for six or eight hours at a time. you are the parent. address their emotional needs first and foremost. laura? >> especially getting them to bed on time. if they don't go to bed, i don't go to bed. thanks so much, kris. 6:39 right now. uc davis medical center is rolling out a rapid in-house testing program. the hospital is calling it a game changer for the sacramento area. like the test being done now at ucsf, samples are run through a machine and the results are generated at the hospital instead of going to a commercial lab. uc davis will soon be able to conduct 1,000 per day instead of what's now less than 50.

patients could receive results the same day they get the test. fresh air is a good thing. taking a peek overlooking san francisco, city lights from the distance. let's check in with meteorologist kari hall, who has been keeping tabs on what we're going through weatherwise. we have a nice weekend ahead. we will have a nice weekend and the main thing we've been talking about recently is all the rain that we've had. it's been off and on for the bay area. even with the rain moving through we are under abnormally dry to a moderate drought conditions for not only the bay area but at least 50% under a moderate drought including parts of the peninsula. we do still have some storm systems in the forecast. the next one moves in on sunday.

i'll talk more about that with the time line of what to expect as you try to get some fresh air. we'll talk about that coming up. mike gives us a look at the commute. we've seen quite a few people out. >> a lot of folks out there. you heard in the background of sharon's shot as laura said. let's show you where it will be slow for a short period of time in the tri-valley, southbound 680. as you head out of the area through san ramon and danville down to the dublin interchange we are looking at a traffic break as you head to the dublin interchange for a roll of carpet in the roadway. no major problems and that's a smooth flow. i think i'm supposed to talk about vta changes. let's do that. there are big changes effective immediately but it's in an effort to better protect drivers and operators for starters will not be collected on light rail buses.

only collected on the back. you'll enter in the rear doors and not the front. let me explain. i threw a bunch of stuff at you. all areas are taped off. that includes the fare boxes and clipper readers. we're looking about fewer cars driving fewer cars riding. those who are driving those buses we have to look out for their safety as well. >> for everyone. thank you very much, mike. it's 6:42 right now. coming up next on "today in the bay," san jose mayor sam liccardo will join us live. we'll ask him some of the questions you've been asking us next. you're watching "today in the bay."

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>> reporter: the president and other leaders in the government are giving us information every day about coronavirus, but we're not always getting the same information. good morning to you. the good news is we're getting that information daily at these press conferences, some of which the president attends. the confusing part is we are getting conflicting information. at thursday's press conference the head of the fda had to contradict the president over whether the fda had approved a drug to fight coronavirus. the president also misspoke when he said the drug that is normally used to fight malaria would slow the infection. it will not. it is used once a patient has covid-19. about the same time the president was talking nurses at

kaiser permanente were demonstrating angry they didn't have enough surgical masks. the president says there are more coming. >> i cannot explain a gap. very good things on the ground, and we're dealing with they had a ramp-up, an obsolete system, and a system simultaneously not meant for this. it wasn't meant for this. nobody knew there would be a pandemic or epidemic of this proportion. >> reporter: of course a couple days ago the president himself said he knew there was a pandemic coming. he knew it before lots of other people he claimed. now we will continue to fact check the people in washington, that's part of a functional democracy, of course. but it is good news that they are talking to us. take a look at countries like china where they're just not sending out any information whatsoever. we're sending out lots of information on twitter. follow me there @scottmcgrew. >> all right, thank you very much. it is 6:46.

a live look at the s.a.p. center. no sharks games, no concerts. it remains closed. more than a million people in san jose along with the rest of the state are in that shelter at home order. with the state of california now in the stay home order we are in an unprecedented time in the bay area and one of the hardest hit is santa clara county. joining me now this morning is san jose mayor sam liccardo. thank you for taking the time to join us. it is such a busy time right now. this latest order handed down by governor newsom, you say you support being aggressive on t s this. >> good morning, laura. i've had a lot of conversations with mayors across the state, and we feel it's time to take decisive action. history won't forgive us for being too late on this. we all see what's happening with the trajectory of infection and we need time to enable our

medical institutions to build that capacity. >> do you think people are heeding the warning? >> i think overwhelmingly we're seeing pretty broad compliance, people get it. the public health, the importance of this public safety. on the other hand we know there are always exceptions and police departments are out there trying to make sure everybody is well informed. and if they're doing anything that's clearly deliberate then they get cited. we've seen really strong compliance. >> we need people to do that because we need to stop the spread of this virus. let's talk about hospitals right now, how they're doing, the emergency rooms are said to be very busy right now. people are concerned about supplies and what not. can you expand on that? >> yeah. we don't run the hospitals, the

counties do. whether it's icu beds or hospital beds, period, we need more capacity and obviously the most important aspect of the capacity is the human capacity. we know there are nurses and doctors who themselves are vulnerable. i've had conversations with several doctors concerned about their colleagues. we have to keep everybody healthy so they can serve the rest of the community. this will be a rough time. everybody is working very hard to expand the capacity as best they can. i think later today we'll be pushing an effort with other mayors statewide to see how we can eliminate whatever barriers are made to getting capacity built not just for patients but to get homeless out of encampments and out of shelters. we know that's how the virus can spread quickly. >> there are so many angles to

consider as well. we want to listen quickly. this is what the president said. >> governors are supposed to be doing a lot of this work and they are. the federal government is not supposed to be out there buying vast amounts of items and shipping. we're not a shipping clerk. >> we know our hospitals are trying to do the difference there. there's been talk of marshal law. can you expand on that? >> well, there's not martial law in san jose. he's taking a common sense approach to enforcement. we're not going out and arresting people on sidewalks. we just want to ensure everybody understands the order because we know even when the county implemented it a couple days ago we had hundreds if not thousands of questions from businesses asking are we essential, are we not essential? which employees are essential? those are difficult questions

and we want to make sure people understand first we'll enforce when there's a flagrant violation. we've had good complaints. >> that's important for people to know as well. so can you expand -- i want to get to the leadership program you have going on as well. we were concerned about our firefighters in the city of san jose and now coming out with reports of a reserve officer from the police department also contracting the virus. how are we looking when it comes to those who protect city residents? >> you're right. first responders are critical in this effort and at one point we had as many as 80 firefighters that were being sequestered because they had been exposed or were having symptoms of their own. we've moved most back on the line, so that's good news. obviously our thoughts continue to be with the ten who tested positive, a firefighter as well as a reserve police officer, had a chance to talk to one of our

firefighters in the hospital, is doing much better now. and so we're going to continue to pull for them. we need to protect them. they've had instructions to be wearing protective gear for some time now. they're complying with that. we're making sure they're first in line to get tested. we know they'll go right back out and serve our community and we need to know they are both healthy and safe. and we want to make sure they don't infect one another. this is a big focus for us and we'll keep pushing to ensure our first responders are able to serve us. >> and we know so much that we are supporting all of those first responders. you are supporting the community and hoping that others support it as well rolling out siliconvalleystro siliconvalleystro siliconvalleystrong.org. tell us about it. okay, i hope we didn't lose mayor sam right there as i

really want to talk about silicon valley strong. we lost your mic for just a second. >> i am here. >> i can hear you again, my buddy, sam. >> i think i'm still here. are you still there? okay, good. >> tell us about silicon valley strong. >> yeah, it's just been really har heartened by the community's response. siliconvalleystrong.org. it's an easy way, first, to find out information about what's going on, with the city and the county and the cities surrounding us as well as to be able to raise dollars to encourage volunteers to help out. we know a lot of folks are sitting at home how can i be a part of the solution? by getting online you can sign up. we'll connect you with a nonprofit that's out there, serving seniors who are shut in. we want to make sure that we're able to leverage the incredible

heart of the community to show how we can get through this together. >> it's a great idea and that's it. we're going to get through it together. be well as well. i know your schedule has been very hectic. thank you for taking the time to join us this morning. >> always a pleasure, laura. >> we'll see you soon. 6:54 right now. happening now some of the "grand princess" have been sent to a local hotel. when the "grand princess" first docked in oakland some passengers went to travis. others to miramar air base. a ramada inn is now housing nine passengers who tested positive. all showing little or no symptoms. more may be on the way. we'll expand more on the stay home order. the governor imposed it across the state and what it means to you. we made usaa insurance for members like martin.

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are likely to skyrocket across the state. >> the virus will impact about 56% of us. if you do the math in the state of california that's a particularly large number. >> that equates to more than 25 million people. health experts say if people stay at home infections will be prevented and the crisis can be more manageable. the new order follows one and still allows you to go out for groceries, gas, the doctor and the bank. on the peninsula seton medical center was facing closure. now it's getting much needed. they will provide millions of dollars a month in emergency fund to go seton medical where it's leasing 300 hospital beds and a seton nursing facility in moss beach. san mateo county has been fighting to keep it open after owners declared bankruptcy back in 2018.

time for a look at our forecast. a cooler start but hopefully a nice weekend ahead. we will have a nice weekend at least for part of it as we will have a couple spotty showers for the south bay. high temperatures reaching into the mid-70s. sunny tomorrow. more rain in the forecast going into sunday and that will continue as temperatures cool off for the middle of next week. you'll notice the traffic flow very smooth. westbound away from us. we do have an issue getting past the toll plaza. >> thank you very much, kari and mike. that will do it for us on "today in the bay." if i may speak for kari, mike and our entire team here at "today in the bay," we're living this strange, tough time with all of you watching at home and we know and we understand that you and your family are living

through these really trying times. we know the unknown can be frightening for many but we'll continue to bring you the facts so you can protect yourself, your loved ones and neighbors. we are truly in this together. thank you for choosing and trusting me and nbc bay area. have a good day. good morning breaking overnight lockdown. >> this is a moment we need to make tough decisions. >> california's governor makes a drastic and unprecedented move, ordering all 40 million people to shelter-in-place. the desperate call from doctors and nurses from coast-to-coast over a shortage of crucial life-saving supplies. >> if this doesn't slow down and we don't get relief, we're going to have some problems. >> the president suggests new ways to treat the virus could be coming soon.